Urgent Notice to All Club Secretaries

Please be aware that unless you have correctly completed and returned your club re-affiliation paperwork for 2016, your club will not be insured. We are unable to make any exceptions to this ruling as our underwriters will not accept claims made if the correct paperwork has not been submitted and received at our NSRA offices.

Please note that if you have already submitted your renewal paperwork, your club will be covered by our insurance, providing this is complete and correct. Any slight delay you may experience in receiving confirmation of your renewal is due to the Christmas / New Year break and the resulting volume of work we have to process.

To avoid unnecessary telephone calls and if you have yet to send in your renewal paperwork, please refer to the letter sent to you in October 2015, detailing the relevant forms for completion, the information required and the club renewal fee payable for 2016.

Thank you in advance for your co-operation and understanding during what is for us a very busy time of the year.

If you need another copy of the forms, all 2016 membership forms can be downloaded below:

NSRA shop offers special deals for ammunition pre-purchased and collected at the Scottish Meeting.

Northern Shooting Show — 12th & 13th May 2018

Promotional Opportunity for Clubs

The NSRA are pleased to support the Northern Shooting Show which will be held at the now well established venue of the Yorkshire Event Centre, Harrogate, on the weekend of the 12th and 13th May.

The NSRA will be exhibiting in Hall 2 again this year, so do make a point of coming to see us when you visit.

Paul Whitelam, the organiser of the show is offering a new opportunity this year for clubs who wish to promote themselves at the show. Clubs may take a free table to display their materials and banners at no charge. Interested clubs should contact Paul in advance to confirm they wish to attend on: 01472 809727, or via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Note that club representatives should be available to man their stand during the two day event.

The British Open Airgun (BOAG) Championships are being held from Friday 13th to Sunday 15th April 2018. The Pistol Airgun & Crossbow Committee (PACC) have agreed that there will not be a separate Pistol meeting in 2018, while they undergo a review of all the events which have previously been offered at the Pistol Championships. Therefore BOAG has been moved from the traditional month of February, to take advantage of the warmer weather and increased daylight in April, to additionally hold four air pistol Championship events on the outdoor 25 metre range.

We are aware of rumours that BOAG may be cancelled at short notice, and both PACC and the NSRA would like to reassure both entrants and potential entrants that this is not the case. Entry forms have been available to download from the “Competitions - Entry Form” section of our website for the past two week, and now the programme has been completed and is also available. We are grateful to all of you who have shown support for this event by entering early, and look forward to further entries over the coming weeks. The closing date for entries to this event is Wednesday 15th March.

It has been brought to our attention that the Statutory Amendment for the new Firearms Application Form has been signed with a go live date of 31st December 2017. There is a transition period for applications made on the old form.

The cut off date for submissions using the old form is 28th February 2018.

We would advise members to contact their local licensing authority for further information and a copy of the new application form when required.

Due to retirement and expansion, we currently have a number of interesting employment opportunities based at the Lord Roberts Centre, Bisley.

These positions are within a number of different departments in both our Charity and Limited company businesses. We would be interested to hear from potential candidates who feel their skills and experience might match our requirements in any of the following roles:-

Lord Roberts Centre - Duty Manager

Competitions Department – Competitions Assistant

NSRA Shop – Sales Assistant

Marketing Communications Department – Two positions

General - IT Support / Webmaster

Please enquire in the first instance by e-mail to:

Mrs Dee Fuller: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The NSRA has identified that there is a need to review and probably amend the direction it is taking if it is to guarantee its longevity. A decline in the number of members and affiliated clubs and competition entries has necessitated this review.

The review will be part of a multi stage process throughout 2018 which starts with a series of workshops being held over the weekend of 27/28 January 2018. The Association is asking for individuals to put themselves forward to be part of this first stage review of both the Membership Structure and the Structure of Competitions and Events.